SoundDaTrumpet
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I was successful in routing 600V double jacketed Cat 6 that I sourced from eBay. I would like to bring to attention that solar inverters generally have a 2nd Ethernet port available serving as an Ethernet switch. I was able to easily push the cable inside the 3/4” conduit from the inverter to the Eaton backup load center to the Tesla gateway. Terminated the outer shielding to ground at the inverter and left the gateway side ungrounded as it should be. I did have a bear of a time (took half hour!) crimping to Cat 6 as I didn’t have Cat 6 plug guides (!) on hand.The Ethernet cable you link to has a double jacket, so that second outer jacket certainly fits the spirit of the 725.136(I). If one can argue that the outer jacket is a "flexible tubing," then it would work under (I)(2).
Cheers, Wayne
WARNING: Don’t do this the above with ORDINARY Ethernet cables. Generally, low voltage communication and high voltage power cables do not belong in the same conduit (nor wall cavity).
I did this as this seemed to be a simple resolution from the Tesla crew chief. I can imagine local jurisdictions not liking this.
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